BSF panel: Balkan countries' EU accession two-way process

Bled, 5 September - The two-day Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) ended on Tuesday with a discussion on the Western Balkans, with its participants agreeing that the prospect of EU accession has a transformative effect on the countries in the region, but also that the accession is a two-way process that requires effort from both sides.

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Albaian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Albaian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Bosnian Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Bosnian Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
A panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Valon Murtezaj at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Valon Murtezaj at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Pierre Heilbronn of EBRD at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Pierre Heilbronn of EBRD at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Hoyt Brian Yee of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Hoyt Brian Yee of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanović at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanović at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Gerald Knaus, Founding Chairman of the European Stability Initiative, moderator of a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Gerald Knaus, Founding Chairman of the European Stability Initiative, moderator of a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Walter Deffaa, European Commissioner Crețu's special adviser, at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Walter Deffaa, European Commissioner Crețu's special adviser, at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF). Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled
Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić at a panel on the Western Balkans and EU enlargement held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF).
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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